The hour arborescent in the shelter of evening.
That voluptuous taffeta of sense.
And life,
which binds severe moments.
A lit blade of grass touches the tremulous flesh,
elaborates the happy flowering of what’s lost.
Nothing is shipwrecked definitively.
The viola turns into sheer silk.
Great scars receive their oils.

Manuel Álvarez Torneiro (b. Coruña 1932): is a Galician poet and journalist, who publishes both in Castilian and Galician languages. An Economics graduate from his native city, Torneiro worked for the “Voice of Galicia” and is a founder of the poetic circle Amanecer. In 2011 he was elected an honorary member of the Association of Galician Authors.